Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal and Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Director Nancy McBrady will attend the May 29 meeting.
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UMaine, UMM to offer tuition-free early college summer courses for high school students
Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education, the University of Maine Orono and the University of Maine Machias, tuition is waived for all qualified Maine high school students, covering full tuition for up to 12 college credits per year at the two universities. Eligible students are able to earn college credit while still […]
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Maine Extension 4-H to offer professional development for adults working with youth
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer professional development sessions online for adults working with youth from 9 to 11:30 a.m. starting Wednesday, May 27. Sessions continue Monday, June 1, Wednesday, June 3, and Thursdays, June 4 and June 11, according to a news release from Kristy Ouellette of the UMaine Extension in Orono. […]
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Training for Signs of the Seasons volunteers now online
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant now have Signs of the Seasons training sessions for volunteer citizen scientists online, according to a news release from Esperanza Stancioff, UMaine Extension in Orono. The three-part webinar series will focus on the value of studying phenology in a changing climate, the relevance of indicator species, […]
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UMaine Extension to offer new food preservation webinar series
The weekly series continues through Oct. 27.
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Webinars about Invasive plants set for May 21
Free classes offered by UMaine Extension.
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UMaine Extension offers farmers help with stress reduction, communication
Farm coaching is offered free of charge and is supported by a grant from Northeast Extension Risk Management Education.
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Maine AgrAbility webinar set for May 20
The free webinar will focus on farmer stress, resilience.
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UMaine Extension offers community garden guidelines
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering guidelines for community gardens during the COVID-19 outbreak based on CDC recommendations, according to a news release from Lynne Holland, UMaine Extension in Orono. Community Garden Guidelines in the Time of Social Distancing includes recommendations for at-risk individuals, how to support social distancing, manage the numbers of gardeners, […]
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Landowners needed for Maine Forest Tick Survey
Volunteer landowners with 10 to 1,000 wooded acres in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties needed.